When thou shinest in the royal city,
the rich man is sated with good things,
even the poor man disdains the lotus;
all that is produced is of the choicest;
all plants exist for thy children.
If thou refusest nourishment,
the dwelling is silent, devoid of all that is good,
the country falls exhausted ...
O Nile, come (and) prosper!
O thou that makest men to live through his flocks,